Faux Meat Snacks

Eating more plants doesn’t mean you have to forgo beloved meaty flavors and textures. Plant-based foods will continue to surprise and inspire — this year taking on the meat-based snacking world of jerkies and pork rinds you may associate with the corner store and road trips.

While plant-based foods aren’t exactly a new trend, experts have reported that more consumers than ever, even those who don’t eat only vegan or vegetarian, are exploring plant-based snacking as their palates crave adventure, want a break from meat or seek more ways to add savory umami flavors into snacks and meals.

Mushrooms like king trumpet will play a key role here, flexing their flavor and texture powers in tasty jerky (Louisville Vegan Jerky Co.), “pork” rinds and “bacon” snacks (used in both Pig Øut Pigless Bacon Chips and Snacklins Cracklins Without the Pork) to offer up a satisfying crunch. Beyond these reinvented veggies and plant-based products, vegetarians can indulge in Quevos Egg White Chips for even more snacking.

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